Dead Poet Society – absolute essential viewing for all “real Spires Theatre”
Coach Carter
August Rush
Whiplash *
The Kings Speech
Forest Gump
Avatar
The life of Pi
Inside Out
Up
Toy story
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Truman Show
Pleasantville
Edward Scissorhands
Field of Dreams
Saving Mr Banks
Finding Neverland
Empire of the Sun
the Martian
Pay it Forward
Jerry Maguire *
Good Will Hunting *
The Shawshank Redemption **
Romeo and Juliet ( Baz)

Class acts – well acted films

The Outsiders
Romeo and Juliet ( Baz)
The Great Gatsby
Far from the Madding Crowd ( Carey mulligan )
Fame ( original version) *
Saturday night fever ( original version ) **
Strictly Ballroom *
Midnight in Paris
12 Angry Men
Gone with the Wind
Mississippi Burning **
Bright Young Things *
War Horse
The Iron Lady
Enigma
The Splendour in the Grass
The Breakfast Club
A Few Good Men
The Notebook
Chocolat
Julia and Julia
Big Night Out *
The Good Lie
The Pursuit of Happyness
Stand by Me
Birdcage
The Abyss
The Duchess*
Pride and Prejudice ( Keira Knightley )
Freedom Writers
Little Miss Sunshine *
The Boy in the Stripe Pyjamas **
Castaway
Apollo 13
The Right Stuff
The Blind Side
The Da Vinci Code *
Gravity
The Painted Veil*
Men of honour
Everest
The Way way back *
Schinlers List ***
Rain Man *
V for Vendetta *
No Escape*
Never let me go *
Legend **
Captain Philips **
The hijacking ( Danish version , really good too )
Australia ( Baz )

Cinema Paradiso
Life is Beuatuful
In a Better Place *
In Order of Disappearance **
The lunchbox
La Famille Belier*
Amelie **
Hours de prix ( priceless ) *
Turning Tide
Force Majeure
The Chorus
The Concert
The Life of Ochers*
Die Welle *
Touching Tiger , Hidden Dragon
The last Emperor *

Good drama series on TV – for a change

War and Peace ( BBC ) – excellent !
Capital ( BBC) – good 3 part drama shown in December
The Bridge ( Skandi ) ***
The Killing ( Skandi ) ***
Mr Robot ( Amazon Prime ) ***
The Tunnel ( Anglo/French version of the Bridge )
The Returned ( French )
Downton Abbey
Silent Witness
Vera ( if you like this watch her in the film , secrets and lies )

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15 Responses to Stampede of new films coming at you !

I'm really glad that the film list is here so that I can watch something different something I haven't thought about before, I could only remember a page full of movies and to programmes!
I wrote down the ones I could remember and found a lot more than I expected to find on dvd!!
I didn't realise the amount of culture that was sitting right under my nose!
Morgan xx

I'm really happy about this post because when I came away from culture Cubs I was really eager to start watching something a bit more different and since Sunday I've tried something new every night.Starting off with mr robot on Sunday night which I absolutely loved because of the fact it questioned society .On Monday night I sat down and watched a movie called never let me go which I found very daunting but very interesting .Tuesday night I managed to find deals poet society that I absolutely loved and I took a lot from this flim but the thing that I got the most from it was "Seize the day " so from now on I'm going to Seize the day and get the most out of my days.finally last night I didn't get the chance to watch any movies but I was up at my aunties who is an English teacher with a mind full of culture and she managed to give me 6 new cultured films and I noticed some of them are actually on the list so that's a good start but I'll try the others too and when I'm done I can pass the DVDs on if anyone wants them.
Cara.G

Thanks for this Mhairi, like Morgan I had written down a few from Sunday's session but this list is fantastic. There are a few films from the list that I have already seen and would definitely recommend like Saving Mr Banks, it's quite emotional and gives you a whole new view of the story of Mary Popping! I also loved the Kings Speech with Colin Firth and you can't beat a classic 80s film like The Breakfast Club or Stand By Me. I am also quite addicted to the bridge so if you haven't watched it don't be put off by the fact it's in a different language. Meg xxx

Thank you so much!
I often sit on Netflix flicking through all the movies not sure what to choose as I have no idea of what they're like or if they are good. A few catch my eye and after what feels like an hour of searching I find one that looks good, but having a list of things to watch right in front of me is so helpful!
I have researched a few and made a list of the ones I want to see, it probably would have been easier to mark the ones I didn't want to watch! Can't wait to get started!
Xx

Thanks a lot for putting this on the blog because I missed getting these handed out and was gutted!
Just managed to watch the last ep of War and Peace the other day... Wow. Paul dano was spectacular and it really makes me want to give Love & Mercy another go (maybe it was the jet lag or John Cusack). I also really really loved Tuppence Middleton playing Helene. Revisiting my Mother Russia love from pantos ago and bought the book... About 1/8ths of the way because it is a monster but I'm really enjoying it. My teenage girly-ness also really really loved the Nikolai/Sonya forbidden love (!) so i think in Tolstoy there is a little bit for everyone. Heard rumours the same director has signed to do a Les Mis mini-series on BBC? Not sure if its been confirmed but I think it would be fab, if W&P is anything to go by (acting, cinematography, writing, soundtrack). The British just do period drama so well.
Finally got Amazon prime so I'm finally watching Mr robot ASAP .X

Thank you so much for this post Mhari, I found The Lunchbox on Netflix and I am going to watch it tomorrow afternoon. Also I was happy so see that I had already watched a few of theses movies already, my dad has good taste. Xx

Yay thanks so much for posting this. I've watched a few of what I can remember I have watched Amélie(so good), the butterfly effect(weird but good) and I've started watching the bridge as of yesterday.

Never been so happy to discover this! Can't believe they have been posted back on. I am so grateful and pleased that the list is back! Tried hard to remember and I tried to watch a few on the list (highly recommend The Kings Speech!) We sometimes don't realise how lucky we are to have these opportunities, something I have realised recently, and so fortunate, overwhelmed and grateful to have.
Thank you Mhairi!!!
Nathan X